BORON, ALUMIKIUM, AND THE ANALOGOUS METAL8 95
The brevity of this work and the great mrity of the above-mentioned
will give me the right to exolude thdr description, all the

owrium, C«IHU( » dsiOjiyjj), together with didymtam, thoriuftn wad Iwsttamam (fteaerdtag
to W, Kdrmi and Bliftiit«!||h'» MMly*Mi), tuul i» now tt»d for preparing that mixture of
thft tixlH** of th« raw n»W« {wjuwMty Th08,<*!(>aOs,Lft<!Oj(, &««)» which ia «raplo|»a for
{Aucr vow W*l»hiMih), w It 1ms lnwn found by «n«rJmflnt thai
nsiilf-,1 whoa ntliMtd tu iniwtdnmwntw in ft min-Uunmomi gait iltvmn, givts a, far
hrilHiutt fi»,m« with a *m*U«r ctmimmplinn of put, bwldtMi bi»in# tiuiultlo lor «ucU
fitm'luminmifi fS«w*»« tw water fptu, Th» insuffifiiwioy of nmtoriiil to work apoii, and
ih« tlifthwHy «f wpmtlnf Ae <widft« from «neh olhw, MM th« chief nmsotJi wh^
Dm «H.>ii|,«»ail4un of t.hd mtmpivHudsi of (sh*»ti nmi wtstftlrt (« »o impmnMUy known,

lh«r nwmt iMAMfble 0f
fit) p, o, nf tht:» <mitt«H of oeritun, lu(ltM»tra (fmm 4 p. e), And didyHiJuai.

The et-i»*r imiiomJiN »>«Htion«l tilHive AN aiao tleoomptHKKl in Hie gone nmnner,
i« wtvU»r H.ttt'l (liluto Mitta with fUl tlio wvritui one! godolinito oxidim, The oxides
«uw obWnwl l»y Igniting th«> ojwlRtsu, Wh«m Ignits4 ia th« dr th© wriom
ite <»rclinttry i»»id« 0»|()a into the Mfhst osrite OeO^i whteh {» «a fwble a
iu wlU a,«i dwomimiwtl by water, and it IB kiiwlaUD in dilute niWo ftaid,
it {« nlwayg piwuililw to w«ru»¥ft «J1 Mw ftferfwm oxidt by repwted Sgnifci<J>» awdi
Thn ferttuwr Mpa>mt!on «f tb« m«talr* to timidly twnd an

4 wiHiUntt of IH^ mimil wlta i» irmtod w(Ut MI «XM(« of «olid potaMiam
(itu»h M 0*tC8D,|^K«jllD4, MM UIHJJ formed. Tl«> p4oldtJt@

torbSum, tuul nfbituM, thtm remain in wolutkm—Uiftt S«, Uiiar tloul>l«>
A w.lutUnt of {KjUmium nulplmto, wlulMt, felit? write wi<tt«4&— namely,
i, lanthanum, wul tlidyuvitiin w« pntoi{»it>atodt tluvfe i», 0>«ir doable «Ute are
tit&itl«14« in «. nftturaUit mtlnUon n! jK>t*BHiutn «ttlphat«, Thin ordinary method «f
iMjMrMUiitii howoVflti «,jit»n8.n» fr»ntk tliw rotwAroIuw of Mutrignao to l» no untrustworthy
UwU » txm«tdiir»14ft wmnutt. «if ditlymtum and Hi« other mekl» remain in tho wdubln pw-
lttm( «wi«g to UIB f«*ii Umt, «JitlitrtiKh imlividu&lly {niwhtblo, they are d
. Thtw »«rl»i«m **\A U*rl»ittm rn'oor twlh in the wltttion BJ
Uwy HiMta, yttriwn, «rt>ltttn, e,»d ytterhlnm belong1 to ih« «ol«hl«»
, tetihwmm, dwlyiultun, wtti Uutrium U) Uw inaalubl*! portioio, Tlw> InooluWo
ftw *«,stu»if»l*i ({4, te&kblo in t\ sHiluUgn of potudnm »tUpha.to), hita %

nitratoa of th« twritf* msttaUt m*iily (»«n (Uitihlit ualis wiih Unwe of th« ulkivli metols,
- ft*f ttxMttuUi, tl«» «un»mmi»'l wtUuuram stUt- -tnpyitdllMi v«ry w«U, they should b&
a»tl ttjijili«-4 to th« wwljlteiil tw>jHw«.titin of th«wt» H»»tolti), the flotation in than
l<i4 ki ilrytiwm, MM! th« n-wjdun fimwl. All nitrntwi wn d«»ttir(tyi«l hy hcttt; tho«*
mltttii wcl Iron, Ar , vi«ry riwily, tH*t«n uf thn e«riUi n»<l Ktwl"!'"*^ itiMttvln al«»»
*Uhuu*?h iwt »» «•»»«!>' R« thn »lwtv«<) Imt in dilft<r«tit «l«»gr*Hi« i«td WMJUMUOH ', BO tl«A
*»» *>•« (i««t»«ini«wiin.u mrtinUy from fcht' l«<gim»inK »* i» |Knwlhl« to d«teoy
HM »*ito*l«s t»f t»»ly «»»» utotftt without tt'ttrhmR tli« oUwrs, or It-swiflg them »
Thin tspth**!, l»k*» Uw puwwliog »nd Ihn two fitthwinpt, m»fe bn
M i***nty t»»r» te «,tt*i»

ttw t*»t w»ttlfe«, wpwWly to*
{5f ;,istslnt«l,
« Mtta !• psrtlsUy p*ri|*W*d b
KMt » Mwtt ftt*w|ily^iw»^*ia»««»««mtl«*J«p^^k^^